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FRONT OFFICE greg heller

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
The 2021 season marks Greg Upon graduating from IU, Heller entered law school
Heller’s 21st as legal counsel at Marquette University. While at Marquette, Heller was
to the Braves. As Executive an active participant in the sports law program, including
Vice President and Chief Legal
serving as a member and Student Articles Editor of the
MANAGER & STAFF Braves and its wholly-owned minor league affiliates which Marquette Sports Law Journal, serving as a member of the
Officer, Heller manages and
oversees all legal affairs for the
Sports Law Society, authoring a law review article on the
NCAA enforcement process and completing internships
include the Gwinnett Stripers, the Mississippi Braves and
with the National Sports Law Institute, Harley Davidson,
the Rome Braves. Heller also has ultimate oversight for all
division of an Atlanta-based sports management firm.
legal issues related Truist Park, The Battery Atlanta and for the Milwaukee Brewers and Reece & Lang PC, the legal
the Braves’ new spring training facility, CoolToday Park, Upon graduating from Marquette, Heller became
and had ultimate oversight for all legal matters related to an Associate Attorney with the Atlanta firm of Powell
PLAYER BIOS projects for the Braves organization. he concentrated his practice on general corporate, merg-
Goldstein Frazer & Murphy (now part of Bryan Cave) where
the negotiation, planning and development of all three
Heller’s responsibilities and duties include providing
ers and acquisitions, securities and sports and entertain-

guidance and counsel on baseball operations matters,
sales and marketing, broadcasting, stadium and business ment law matters from 1996 to 1997. In the Fall of 1997,
Heller joined the Chicago law firm of Horwood Marcus
operations, intellectual property, corporate governance, & Berk and continued his practice in general corporate,
legislative affairs, employment and litigation. mergers and acquisitions and sports and entertainment
SEASON IN REVIEW Legal Officer of the Braves, Heller spent nearly seven years University Law School, Indiana University, Blessed
Prior to serving as Executive Vice President and Chief

law matters before joining TBS in the Fall of 2000.
Heller serves on Advisory Boards at Marquette
with the TBS sports legal group which included the Braves,
the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Thrashers, Philips Arena, the
Trinity Catholic High School, Kennesaw State Athletics
Goodwill Games, the Turner Sports television group (and
of Georgia Law School. In 2004, Heller was named
its NBA, NASCAR, PGA, British Open and MLB properties), Association, and is an adjunct professor at University
and the Turner Sports new media group (and its NASCAR, by Marquette University as it Sports Law Alumnus Of
PGA and PGA TOUR and ACC Select properties).
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT uate at Indiana University where he graduated cum laude Distinguished Alumnus by the Indiana University School of
The Year. In 2017, Heller was named the W.W. Patty
Heller began his career in sports law as an undergrad-
Public Health.
Heller and his wife, Krista, live in Roswell with their

with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Marketing/
Management. While at Indiana, Heller completed intern-
four children, Madelyn, Charlie, John and Elizabeth.
ships with the Peoria Chiefs, a minor league affiliate of
the Chicago Cubs, and with the Indiana University athletic
department.
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